feodary
Americannoun
plural
feodaries-
a feudal vassal.
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Obsolete. a confederate or accomplice.
Etymology
Origin of feodary
1350–1400; Middle English feodarie < Medieval Latin feodārius. See feud 2, -ary
Example Sentences
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Sc. 2., we read: "Senseless bauble, Art thou a feodary for this act, and lookst So virgin-like without?" where feodary clearly means confederate, associate.
From Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various
Else let my brother die, If not a feodary, but only he Owe, and succeed thy weakness.
From Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various
O am I to live the god's slave? feodary be to Cybele?
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
And next, the courser-man, in secrecy, unscrewed one of the bullion buttons on his buff jerkin, and taking from it a scrap of paper, handed this also to the watchful feodary.
From Historic Girls by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
Then, with a low obeisance, the feodary presented her the scroll which had been brought him, post-haste, by Launcelot Crue, the courser-man.
From Historic Girls by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
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